Preface 1. What is Algebra? 2. Fields 3. Commutative Rings 4. Homomorphisms and Ideals 5. Modules 6. Algebraic Aspects of Dimension 7. The Algebraic View of Infinitesimal Notions 8. Noncommutative Rings 9. Modules over Noncommutative Rings 10. Semisimple Modules and Rings 11. Division Algebras of Finite Rank 12. The Notion of a Group 13. Examples of Groups: Finite Groups 1